The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 1145 - 440: Crown Rank·Merciful Ancestor_3

"In the end, the undefeated Ancestor defeated the Crown Rank of the Human Race, the so-called ’Merciful Ancestor’, and became the head under the Ancestor’s loins."

"But... success was due to mercy, and failure was also due to mercy."

"The Ancestor was merely a god who fought heroically against a crown and a god combined, a truly magnificent feat."

"He was critically injured, too hurt to tend to many matters, and he died during the Third Era of the Ancient Cosmos."

"With the support of his lingering thoughts, his seven wives each obtained the Seven Sins’ Principles ’Pride’, ’Envy’, ’Wrath’, ’Sloth’, ’Greed’, ’Gluttony’, and ’Lust’ from the blood of the Holy Beast, barely managing to preserve the heritage of the Seven Sins by transforming into Divine Trace Lineages."

"This is the fate inherited by your majesties from your ancestors up until now."

"Our bloodlines come from the same source yet are different branches, and we should have collaborated wholeheartedly."

"However, seeing that everyone is equally matched in power, and all are Innate Demon Seeds, to adapt the ways of humans is naturally fraught with difficulties."

Catfish Demon, filled with emotion and shocking words, paused for a moment, then continued:

"Moreover, the greatest gain from His Majesty’s journey is to understand the reason behind the Seven Virtues’ emergence."

"It turns out, the Merciful Ancestor had left a contingency plan."

"Before His battle with the Ancestor, He had divided his divinity, thus falling into a weakened state, which was also the main reason for His defeat."

"The Seven Virtues—Loyalty, Temperance, Diligence, Humility, Fairness, Justice, and Sacrifice—"

"His Majesty has verified that their origin traces back to the Merciful Ancestor."

"The ’curse’ laid down by the Merciful Ancestor had already taken root in the Realm of Desire."

"That’s why the humans in the Realm of Desire couldn’t be entirely exterminated, like weeds that regrow with the spring breeze, clearly under His lingering influence."

"Um..."

Yidong Temple, Mai Ertu, Zhuang Huan Meng, and Peach Tietze, seemed as if their throats were grasped by a giant hand, their breathing growing heavy.

Was this truth, which even their ancestors couldn’t unearth, actually deciphered single-handedly by the Primordial Emperor Demon Yuwen Nai in the Second Epoch of the New Era?

The most hot-tempered Yidong Temple couldn’t help but challenge:

"That’s not right, how come I heard that in the Ancient Cosmos, there were no Seven Virtues?"

"From the First to Eighth Epoch of the Near Ancient Cosmos, the Realm of Desire only had the Seven Sins; there was never a trace of the Seven Virtues!"

"Yuwen Nai, where did you get such information? Are you trying to deceive us? If you don’t explain clearly, I won’t acknowledge it!"

"Do I need your approval?"

Yuwen Nai glanced indifferently, nonchalantly, and dismissively.

His nature seemed very lofty, accustomed as he was to Yidong Temple, who typically represented wrath, he was unlikely to be easily angered.

Yidong Temple’s eyes blazed with fire, about to shout when the Catfish Demon smiled slightly, gently interrupting:

"Why must the King of Rage be agitated? These pieces of information were brought out by His Majesty from deep inside the ancient tombs, their authenticity fully guaranteed."

"What? You dared to enter the ancient tomb?!"

Yidong Temple was dumbstruck, fury suddenly finding no outlet.

The ancient tomb referred to the place of burial of the Ancestor.

It was the site where the Seven Sins Demon God fell, and in the Ancient Cosmos, the only ones who could enter and leave alive were His seven wives.

Had Yuwen Nai reached Half-Step Deity? Otherwise, what gave him the confidence to do such a thing?

"King of Rage, there’s no need to panic."

"The Ancestor fell nearly two hundred thousand years ago; the residual Demon God Principles in the tomb have long been greatly diluted."

"Actually, His Majesty was pursuing the Seven Virtues when he inadvertently entered and subsequently unveiled these secrets."

While soothing, Catfish Demon exclaimed in awe:

"Not only His Majesty, but humans had actually explored our ancestor’s grave many years ago."

"Do you remember the terrifying incident left from the Ninth Epoch of the Near Ancient Era when the Primordial Succubus Clan suddenly fell ill, then encountered various accidents, ultimately leading to their extinction?"

"That incident from the Near Ancient Era was indeed the misdeed of the Seven Virtues."

"Because the Merciful Ancestor also fell suddenly, the contingencies he prepared were delayed in activation. The humans residing in the Realm of Desire endured over a hundred thousand years of insignificance before The Awakeners corresponding to the Seven Virtues appeared."

"With the help of this divine authority, they explored the tomb of the Ancestor, stealing the divine artifacts therein."

"One of these, ’The Whip of Lust,’ had been blessed with sacred water."

"This was a terrible curse for the Demon Race; the stable bloodline of the Primordial Enchanting Demon immediately encountered problems."

"Combined with their covert hunting, the Primordial Enchanting Demon Clan almost went extinct."

"If that scenario had truly unfolded, the Seven Sins Principles would have suffered an eternal breach, and the entire Realm of Desire would have lost its balance. Looking back now, it was really perilous..."

Catfish Demon revealed a trace of relief, shaking his head:

"Fortunately, the seven demonic artifacts originating from the Ancestor, having stayed in the ancient tomb for many years, had also accumulated enough Divine Energy."

"The Seven Virtues did not possess absolute means of destruction; they could only steal."

"Items like sacred water could be used once by them, probably exhausting the Merciful Ancestor’s reserves, making it impossible for a second occurrence."

"What we need to do now is simple: hunt down the Seven Virtues and retrieve the seven major demonic artifacts."

"These seven artifacts seem closely related to your majesties’ bloodlines. If they can be kept with those they belong to, they would not only slightly enhance individual combat power but also provide protection for the clan’s fortune, avoiding premature deaths, deformities, and decay of the bloodlines— the uses are extensive."

"Additionally, His Majesty, based on clues left in the ancient tomb, has deduced that the seven demonic artifacts are likely involved in the more critical ’Seven Sins Ritual.’"

"If we can recover them all and return them to the ancient tomb."

"Every participant of the ritual with the Seven Sins bloodline would receive divine blessings."

"Then, in the Realm of Desire, there will be born three or more Half-Step Deities, and we won’t have to continue to shrink in this world, we can venture out to war, searching for the Ancestor’s lost Godly Prison Mark..."